(2966) Korsunia

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Asteroid
(2966) Korsunia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.4478 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1388 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.108 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.7877 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.5447 ± 0.0327 °
Length of the ascending node 46.4197 ± 0.8723 °
Argument of the periapsis 197.4159 ± 0.8839 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 22, 2019
Sidereal period 3.83 a ± 0.0676 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 5.878 ± 0.282 km
Albedo 0.223 ± 0.282
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union/ Nikolai Stepanowitsch TschernychRussia Soviet Federal Socialist RepublicRussian SFSR 
Date of discovery May 13, 1977
Another name 1977 EB 2 ; 1981 JL
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(2966) Korsunia ( 1977 EB 2 ; 1981 JL ) is an approximately nine kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt , which was discovered on May 13, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the peninsula Crimea ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2966) Korsunia was named after the ancient city of Chersonese on the Crimean peninsula , which is called Korsun in Slavonic .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 27, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 EB 2 . Discovered 1977 Mar. 13 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2965) Surikov numbering (2967) Vladisvyat